{"product_id":"ovale-blicke-dominikus-zimmermanns-wallfahrtskirche-in-steinhausen-isbn-9783869050461","title":"Ovale \u0026 Blicke: Dominikus Zimmermanns Wallfahrtskirche in Steinhausen","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe book explains how architectural techniques were deliberately\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eused to achieve the greatest possible impact on the viewer. The essays in this work captivate with their meticulous research and in-depth analysis, making them a pleasure to read for architects, architecture critics and advanced students.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDominikus Zimmermann’s pilgrimage church of Our Lady and parish\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003echurch of St Peter and Paul in Steinhausen, built between 1728\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eand 1733, is undoubtedly one of the most remarkable creations of\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eUpper-Swabian Baroque architecture. Architectural history has devoted\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003econsiderable space to it, and yet there are important aspects\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003ethat have remained unnoticed and unexamined.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe first question that arises is that of the ovals on which the\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003ebuilding is based, whereby two different versions need to be examined:\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003ethe design drawing that the architect presented to his abbot\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eclient and the completed building, which could be analyzed in detail\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003efor the first time thanks to a recently created precise measurement.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn both cases, the result shows ambitious oval constructions that\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003edeviate from the usual practice, as well as two fundamentally different\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003egeometric approaches.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe second complex deals with peculiarities of perception. Here,\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eone must accord the Steinhausen church a prominent position.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eZimmermann designs the path into and through the church interior\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eas a sequence of stations, each characterized by different expectations\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eof what is to come – by illusory images of space that the viewer\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003ecreates in his imagination based on what he can perceive from\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003ehis respective vantage point. These images follow one another as\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eone walks through the church, they change, expectations are in a\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003estate of constant metamorphosis, until finally the image of the last\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003estation coincides with reality.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eA concluding chapter is devoted to the question of whether, and\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eif so, to what extent Zimmermann’s Steinhausen spatial artwork can\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003ebe said to have a dialectical constitution of architecture, and which\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003edialectically related moments prove to be constitutive of a unity.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48683559878885,"sku":"NP9783869050461","price":42.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/O_0c40028e-2c5f-421a-bb25-9a06277d4e95.jpg?v=1775169926","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/ovale-blicke-dominikus-zimmermanns-wallfahrtskirche-in-steinhausen-isbn-9783869050461","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}